Example sentences of "man [be] [vb pp] for [num] years " in BNC.
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1 | The prosection claims they tampered with a statement in a fraud case five years ago which led to a man being jailed for six years . |
2 | A TWINBROOK man was jailed for two years yesterday after pleading guilty to three charges of arson . |
3 | AN UNEMPLOYED man was jailed for two years yesterday for a knife attack which left his victim 's life hanging in the balance . |
4 | A STORNOWAY man was jailed for four years at the High Court in Inverness after being convicted of hijacking a lorry with a £30,000 load of spirits , tobacco and groceries . |
5 | A MAN was jailed for six years at the High Court in Glasgow yesterday for his part in attempting to murder a man after luring him into a night of torture . |
6 | A man was jailed for three years in Cardiff for burglary . |
7 | A 48-YEAR-OLD Angus man was jailed for three years yesterday for using lewd and indecent practices to a girl and her older sister over a period of 17 years . |
8 | In Scotland last year , husbands lost their immunity from rape in marriage after a test case , and earlier this year , in Leicester , a man was jailed for three years for the lesser offence of attempting to rape his wife . |
9 | A MAN was jailed for 12 years yesterday and two others each sentenced to nine years after being convicted of what a judge described as a cowardly and vicious attack on a helpless victim . |
10 | A GLASGOW man was jailed for ten years yesterday for stabbing a man to death during a struggle . |
11 | In one case , a 36-year-old man was imprisoned for four years for the manslaughter of a 37-year-old craft teacher after he had discovered that his daughter was spending the night at the teacher 's home , while an allegedly brutal husband was shot dead by the wife 's father after she ‘ fell into a nightmare of crime , violence and bizarre sex ’ . |
12 | One man was imprisoned for three years for possessing the gun and one for one year ( suspended for two years ) for stealing a car and having no insurance . |